Cognitive Test day-before checklist

Twenty-four hours before the Cognitive Test is not the time for new content. It's the time for setup and recovery.

Evening before

• One light review session (30 minutes max). Pick a single weak area and do 10 questions. Stop if you score badly — confidence matters more than one extra drill.
• Set up your test environment: device, charger, water, snack, paper for scratch.
• Check the test platform link in advance. Don't discover a login problem the morning of.
• Sleep at your normal time. Going to bed two hours early backfires more often than it helps.

Morning of

• Wake up at your normal time. Eat what you normally eat for breakfast — this isn't the day to skip food or try a new diet.
• One coffee if that's your routine. Don't add a second.
• Five minutes of light arithmetic before starting. Two-digit multiplication, a few percentage conversions. Just enough to warm up the math reflex.
• Skip the heavy practice session. You can't improve in the morning; you can only fatigue.

Test setup (15 minutes before)

• Close every other tab and application.
• Disable notifications system-wide.
• Bathroom break.
• Phone in another room.
• Paper and pen on your desk, even if scratch isn't allowed — sometimes it's allowed mid-test.

During the test

• First question is hard for everyone. Don't panic.
• If you blank on a question, skip immediately. Come back if there's time.
• Watch the clock at the 33% and 66% marks. Adjust pace if you're behind.

After

Step away. Don't replay it. The result is in.